A model to improve the appropriateness in the management of acute poly-pathological patients: the Acute Complex Care Model

Improved care for acute diseases has increased mean age and the proportion of people affected by multiple chronic diseases, while mutated socioeconomic conditions augmented the number of elderly and socially frail subjects. Multi-morbid patients who require a global approach not-fragmented-care inte...

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Main Authors: Francesco Orlandini, Filomena Pietrantonio, Luca Moriconi, Micaela La Regina, Antonino Mazzone, Mauro Campanini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/697